PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday witnessed the signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Chambers of Commerce of Qatar, Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar aiming at strengthening trade and investment relations.
The MoU was signed in Doha by the First Vice-Chairman of Qatar Chamber, Mohamed Bin Ahmed Twar Al Kuwari, the President of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Mr Paul Koyi, and the Chairman of the Zanzibar National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), Ali Suleiman Amour.
According to a press statement issued by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, the objective of the MoU is to enhance trade and investment cooperation and partnership between business communities from Tanzania and Qatar, particularly in the areas of tourism and hospitality, infrastructure and energy.
President Samia, who was on an official tour of Qatar, also held talks with the Qatar Minister for Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari where they discussed various taxes related issues between the two countries.
Their talk also covered areas on investment, business, gas, livestock keeping, tourism and agriculture,” read part of the statement.
During her visit to the Middle East country, President Samia also met with the Qatar Minister for Health Dr Hanan Mohamed bin Kuwari, where they agreed on exchange programmes in the health sector. The two sides agreed to share expertise on emergency and trauma care.
The programme will see Tanzania health professions in specialised and emergency services getting experience from their counterparts in Qatar.
Among other activities President Samia also met the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and business leaders during her working visit to Qatar.
On Tuesday, President Samia attended the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) that came to a close yesterday at the Multaqa Education Centre in Doha.
The summit seeks to shape the global discussion on health innovation and its potential impact on health systems.
The summit was founded by Qatar Foundation in 2013 and has become a leading global platform where scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers meet to develop solutions to major health issues facing the world today and explore ways in which innovation can improve these issues for the future.
She used the platform to call for concerted efforts to master the adverse effects of new epidemics to curb global inequalities.
“I wish to advocate that the spirit of multilateralism must be invoked at all times when it comes to epidemics and pandemics…the injustice of Covid-19 should not feature in future calamities. The right to vaccines should be a right for all and not for a privileged few, leaving a major part of the world out of the health innovation journey,”said President Samia.
The Tanzanian leader asserted that leaving a major part of the world out of the health innovation journey reflects an injustice to humanity.
As such, the future of the health care sector requires improved health outcomes or innovations; therefore, local innovators should be encouraged to develop their own sustainable paths to improve health outcomes.
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